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Scott Russell Photography – Student Model {Sarah}

June 10, 2010 No comments

What a great start to a new year! Meet Sarah, Scott Russell Photography’s first Student Model Representative for the 2011 school year! We’ve had some great photo sessions together and Sarah does and awesome job and is truly a natural beauty.

Thanks Sarah and mom!I hope we stick together over the next couple years and continue this awesome trend!!!

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 – How To Delete Watermark Presets

June 10, 2010 50 comments

I’ve been using the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta for about 8 months now. In that time I’ve created several different watermark presets but have not really had time to manage those watermarks. Now that the final release version is available, I’ve updated and installed the final version and deleted all beta version.

The nice thing I found out was that all my watermark presets transferred over to the final release version which was super nice. The only problem now was that I needed to do a little house cleaning and delete some of the watermark presets I created.

Here in-lies the problem… or at least I thought it was… continue on…

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Michel GingrasJune 24, 2010 - 9:05 AM

Thanks very much
They should work on this, you save me a lot of time and effort

ScottJune 24, 2010 - 11:01 AM

Michel, No kidding… I was scratching my head for days on this one. Glad I could help you out. That was my main intention for the post!

JayAugust 1, 2010 - 11:25 PM

Tnx for the tip. This helped me a lot. ^^

SusanAugust 22, 2010 - 9:10 AM

Worked perfectly. Thank you.

ScottAugust 23, 2010 - 8:32 PM

Awesome!

John 'K;August 26, 2010 - 5:07 PM

So glad I found this – THANKS YOU for explaining. 25 years in IT and I couldn’t work this one out!

ScottAugust 26, 2010 - 5:10 PM

John, No worries… this one drove me nuts for a long time. I’m just spreading what I’ve found!

nicoleSeptember 2, 2010 - 7:33 AM

Hey … wonderful. Exactly what I was searching for. Thanx

SIpSeptember 5, 2010 - 11:36 PM

Thanks saved me a bit of time!

OmNovember 6, 2010 - 4:43 PM

Thank you very much. I found this really helpful!

Thanks for helping again

Om.

BrendaNovember 11, 2010 - 12:36 AM

Thanks so much for the information. I am new to lightroom and I just could not figure it out. Just decieded to google it and came across this information. Sure would be nice to find other tips for the use of this program.

RileyApril 29, 2011 - 6:39 AM

Hello. Except the Light Room version I have now, I go to Edit, and then drop down to the end where it says “edit watermark” but it doesn’t give me the present one that’s on there, it just has the option to create a new one over the existing one. Am I missing something?

XeniaMay 2, 2011 - 4:41 AM

Thanks!! You save my life in lightroom!

EmmyMay 11, 2011 - 12:43 AM

Thank you thank you! Yes this was driving me nuts and you saved the day. Though I wish it was easier.

ScottMay 11, 2011 - 9:26 AM

When I initially found this I had to post it online to help others. I know it’s kind of hidden and not well documented so I’m glad this helped you and everyone else that has taken the time to comment!

Alexandr-akwebstudiosMay 22, 2011 - 1:26 PM

Thanks a bunch Scott! Genius!

ScottMay 23, 2011 - 9:28 AM

I don’t know about genius but you’re welcome… just sharing the knowledge.

OMFGI812June 5, 2011 - 7:46 PM

This thread changed my life. Well, it DID make it a bit easier. Many thanks for posting this.

ScottJune 6, 2011 - 10:51 AM

lol… well I’m glad it made it a bit easier for you

RobJuly 4, 2011 - 7:14 PM

Thanks so much…i couldn’t figure that one out on my own!

MukeshJuly 6, 2011 - 8:18 AM

Really helped me…Thanks!

mike ellisJuly 8, 2011 - 12:09 AM

Thanks…something i could not find in a 65.00$ book D-65′s lightroom book…Cool beans

ScottJuly 8, 2011 - 10:39 AM

I take credit cards…

ScottJuly 8, 2011 - 10:40 AM

You’re welcome!!

ScottJuly 8, 2011 - 10:40 AM

I’m glad it helped!

SushJuly 13, 2011 - 11:35 AM

Thanks for helping! I was trying to figure this out for days! Finally.. phew!

donOctober 11, 2011 - 12:42 PM

thanks a lot!!!

Where does Lightroom keep watermarksOctober 25, 2011 - 8:17 PM

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GregDecember 15, 2011 - 2:06 PM

Scott,
Thanks so much for your tip. When I was creating the watermark I had to save it to check things like position and opacity. I was quickly running out of file nicknames! Your info was spot-on! I really appreciate you sharing the info since Adobe thinks we should use osmosis to know it!

Mike McDermottJanuary 4, 2012 - 11:06 AM

Thanks, this info was SO helpful! I could not figure out how to delete old watermarks either. My issue is that as I was creating & experimenting with different watermarks that I have like 50 saved ones, so this is going to take time to delete them all. Wish they made an easier way to delete more than 1 at a time. Thanks again, this was just the info I needed.

ScottJanuary 5, 2012 - 12:49 PM

Mike, I’m glad I could help. This one had me for a while so I wanted to share what I found!

StacyJanuary 6, 2012 - 1:29 PM

Thank you so much, this was so helpful!

carlyJanuary 8, 2012 - 2:39 AM

Thank you!!

Kelsey K. AndersonJanuary 9, 2012 - 10:30 PM

agreed…not intuitive….thank you!!

ScottJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:23 AM

You’re welcome!

ScottJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:24 AM

Glad it helped Carly!

ScottJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:24 AM

Maybe this will be changed in LR4?

CarlJanuary 13, 2012 - 9:48 AM

Thanks! I really needed this info and it worked perfectly! Great post

AuraJanuary 23, 2012 - 8:46 AM

Thank you so very much! I was going crazy trying to figure out these changes. Thanks for sharing!

ScottJanuary 26, 2012 - 2:04 PM

You’re welcome Aura!

Swaranjeet SinghJanuary 30, 2012 - 8:57 AM

You have no idea how many non existent hair I would have pulled off from my clean shaven head but for this life saver. You are Santa Claus and the people who made the software for Adobe are . . . well I guess this might be a family sight so lets just leave that bit out . . .

KittyJanuary 31, 2012 - 6:38 AM

You are my new favourite person *hands cookie*

Thankyou so much!

Bruce WellsFebruary 23, 2012 - 11:42 AM

Good article, Scott. As you so adequately pointed out, this functionality is anything but intuitive. Let’s hope there’s a maintenance upgrade.

Thanks.

Bruce

ScottFebruary 23, 2012 - 3:17 PM

lol… please don’t pull any hair out! Just keep it shaven!

ScottFebruary 23, 2012 - 3:18 PM

Mmmmmm… snicker doodle! You’re welcome!

ScottFebruary 23, 2012 - 3:19 PM

Thanks and I’m glad it’s been a help to you!

LeighMarch 10, 2012 - 1:15 AM

THANK YOU for your simple instructions and help!

Lance Pecchia PhotographyMarch 16, 2012 - 6:18 AM

Thanks Scott very much. I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to delete or re-name Watermark Presets. What a lifesaver you have been.

Augustine PeterApril 1, 2012 - 12:00 PM

You’ve saved my day. Been pulling my hair out to find out how to delete or rename watermark presets in Adobe Lightroom.

Danielle DondersApril 29, 2012 - 7:22 PM

Thanks for this. I don’t suppose there’s a way to delete more than one at a time? I’ve created about 50 of them with varying degrees of “use this one” and “new and improved” and “no really use THIS one” now that I know how to delete them. Anyway, even if I have to dedicate half an hour to methodically deleting them all, at least now I know how!

OpLove – Jacksonville Photographer

May 24, 2010 No comments

The photos and other content of this publication do not constitute or imply any endorsement or recommendation by the Department of Defense.

It’s official. I’ve been accepted as an Operation: Love Reunited (OpLove) photographer!

Operation: Love Reunited is a non-profit organization that provides free photo sessions to deployed or soon to be deployed active duty military and their family. As a photographer, I volunteer my time and talent in providing free photo sessions and a free 4×6 photo album to the deployed service member.

Our service members put their lives on the line for us every day and this is a great way to give back to them. I know first hand what it’s like being away from family and friends for months on end as I’ve served in the U. S. Navy for 10 years and experienced several deployments myself. I wish this service would have been around back then but I’m happy that it is now and that I can be a part of it.

If you’d like more information on Operation: Love Reunited. Please visit their web site listed below. Also, if you know of a service member and his or her family that would benefit from this service, please direct them to the web site or to me and I can help them!

Operation: Love Reunited

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Adobe Photoshop CS5 – Content-Aware Fill

April 9, 2010 14 comments

One of the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the addition of Content-Aware to the Fill dialog box. This a an awesome new feature and makes cleaning up areas in photograph really easy. Plus, it does a really nice job.

But while testing this new feature in the CS5 prerelease beta I found that while you could select an area and then press the delete key to bring up the Fill dialog window, the use of the delete key would only work on the Background layer and not on any duplicate layers.

Strange right? This drove me nuts but…

There is a reason for this and it because you can’t “Delete” data from a Background layer to transparency, so that’s why the Fill dialog comes up. It just happens that Adobe lists Content-Aware as the first item in the drop down menu of the Fill window.

While you can use Edit > Fill… from the menu on duplicate layers, I wasn’t satisfied with that option so I decided to start pressing keystrokes to see if I could get the Fill dialog to come up on a duplicate layer. Well sure enough, if you press the Shift+delete key with a selection on a duplicate layer the Fill dialog will appear and you can simply press enter to activate the Content-Aware fill option.

I hope this little tip helps you out while using Content-Aware fill in your work!

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Criss.ACMay 3, 2010 - 4:17 PM

Thanks for the tip, I’ve been searching for the whole day for a solution to this! I just tried, but for some reason the Shift-Delete does not work. It has the same effect as a simple delete… I am wondering, is there something I did not catch?

ScottMay 4, 2010 - 12:03 PM

Interesting… I’m still using the CS5 beta. Are you using the release version? I’ve yet to install the release version as it’s on my todo list!! I’ll have to check this out and let you know what I find. Thanks for the feedback!

Criss.ACMay 4, 2010 - 2:03 PM

Yes, mine is the final release (v12.0), CS5 Extended. I am running the x64 version, wonder if that affects this trick?

ScottMay 4, 2010 - 3:10 PM

You never know… It’s possible. I’ll have to install the final release and check it out myself. I’ll post back here with my results!

Criss.ACMay 4, 2010 - 3:37 PM

OK Scott, thanks! I’ll follow up then.

ScottMay 11, 2010 - 2:44 PM

I’ve finally installed the release version of Adobe CS5 (standard edition) and using the Shift+Del key still works to bring up Content-Aware Fill on duplicate layers.

Lucas PrimMay 16, 2010 - 12:52 PM

Thanks a lot! I was getting crazy trying to get content-aware fill with the Del key!

ScottMay 18, 2010 - 7:24 PM

Glad it helped!!

JoeJuly 20, 2010 - 3:31 PM

I finally bring up the “content aware” options. A little circle appears and then the selected image disappears from the screen and only the background with the grid shows. What am I doing wrong? THANKS. Please help.

EliasDecember 15, 2010 - 4:35 PM

Your explanation about this particularity of the Photoshop CS5 Content-Aware Fill only working on a background image was very useful to me. I was getting frustrated with this tool because I couldn’t figure out why sometimes the Content-Aware Fill was available and other times it was not.

Thanks!

ScottDecember 15, 2010 - 5:05 PM

You are very welcome and I’m glad this helped you out. I was very frustrated as well and when I figured this out I had to share it.

LorenaJune 13, 2011 - 5:08 PM

Help! Every time I try to delete something, I get this dialog. It’s driving me nuts How do I delete without this dialog constantly popping up. I’m not holding the shift key down, so I don’t understand why I’m getting it.

Having to do a two step process every time I want to delete something is nuts!

What’s going on?

Janet MobleyJuly 22, 2011 - 12:13 PM

Thank you so much! I was having the opposite problem . . . seeing the content-aware was driving me crazy. I tried hitting shift+delete, and it keeps the dialog box from coming up while deleting on the background!

TrinaNovember 30, 2011 - 7:35 PM

Awesomee !!! Thanks

Street Performers

April 6, 2010 No comments

We took a little day trip down to St. Augustine, one of our favorite places to hang out for the day. There were a couple street performers and so I snapped a few shots. The dad and son were collecting money for Haiti. I don’t remember their names (sorry, senior moment) but the boy could sing really well.

I didn’t get a chance to talk to the guy by himself but he was singing his heart out. It’s good to see other peoples reactions and that they can find it in their heart to give a couple bucks.

Enjoy!